Innovation
Fabrication
Athletics
Volleyball has been the center of my athletics career for nearly 20 years. I have played on over 30 different teams and had nearly 20 different coaches all with their own teaching style which has helped me figure out how to adapt to new expectations when preforming the same task. It also is a sport that you have to be able to work with a team and communicate with individuals you might disagree with. But above all other reasons, my love for volleyball comes from my fascination with how smart of a game it is despite its rapid pace. You have to be able to see angles like one would playing billiards but you have to do so while in mid air, in a 3 dimensional playing space, and with a moving obstacle. It is a sport where finesse is just as important as power and requires a paradoxical combination of rapidly making well thought out decisions.
While volleyball is my first love, it has inspired me to continually find other outlets for my competitive nature such as weightlifting and swimming. I always enjoy an excuse to be up and active whether it is for an occupation or recreation.
Althetics Experience and Skills
Head Coach • Boston University Volleyball • Sept 2013 – May 2014
I wrote and ran practices for the Boston University’s women’s volleyball team as well as planned out tournaments to attend and fundraising. My team was ranked 3rd in the NECVL which qualified us for nationals in Reno, Nevada.
Extracurricular
Trip Around the World • May 2016 – September 2016
I single handedly planned and coordinated a four-and-a-half-month trip around the world in which I visited and immersed myself in the cultures of Hawaii, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, The Maldives, and France. I visited over 20 cities and arranged to stay in more than 30 different hotel’s (and their ilk) booked anywhere from 3 months in advance to no advance notice at all. I coordinated activities such as a 4 day caving expedition in the jungles of central Vietnam, volunteering at an elephant rescue, living on a local island in the Maldives while receiving my Advanced Open Water SCUBA certification, and somehow finding a way to compete in a beach volleyball tournament in Nice, France despite not speaking a lick of French.
Founder/Coach• No Diggity Volleyball Club • 2015 – Present
I started a club volleyball team to play in local Yankee Volleyball tournaments and my team attended Nationals in Orlando, FL in May 2016
Captain/Team Secretary • Boston University Volleyball • September 2008 – May 2011
I became co-captain my Sophomore year and led our team to being two-time NECVL regional champions and we qualified and attended the national championships all four seasons. I was a three-time regional All Star selection.
Skills
Althetics and extracarricular
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Advanced Open Water SCUBA certified.
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Award winning volleyball player, weight lifting, and general fitness training.
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Expert home baker and recreational kitchen scientist.